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THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Ool.' 17. erost for North Csrollnsi Mostly Bioudy and. oolsr. Wednssday,. probably shower In aatt and oantral portions. r THE ASHEVILiIjE CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF 'WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA- ESTABLISHED 1698. f", . . - ., .. - .' . , ... : Pershing Inaugurates State To Cheering MS STATE HAS LEAD. PRODUCING HEAL Fa ir In Address t V 1 TdrHeels ASHEV1LLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1922. JRCE FIVE CENTS WATCH THE LABEL On yu ssr. II will (all yu wa yewr tubacrlptisn ssplrea Renew fla say safer eapiratieii. en ye wen t mm mn NOHfi ships! HELD1 AIR CANS Makes Brief Plea for State to Be Prepared for Future War., rWO SOLDIERS HURT IN FAIR ACCIDENT overnor and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt Are . ' ' Both Hosts. RALEIGH, N. C, Oct.. 17. When I hear people talk about lerlcaniam I am going 10 wn m to c6me down to North Caro- a and aee it lived." General John Pennine; . told thouaanda or heerlng Tar Heels on the mud- ioaked grounds of the State Fair today at - noon , when he apoke fcriefly following the formal opening- of the fair by Governor Cam irron .Morrison." . IQeneral Pershing, who reviewed ,ertrtr army eUlllerymen, National famd troopa and North Carolina State College R. O. T. C, in a pa rade which he led to the State Fair, left this afternoon at 6:49 jfor New Orleans where he will at tend the convention of the Ameri can Legion. In addition to hla ad-j tlress at the State Fair, the pro pram of hi stay In Raleigh in cluded a breakfast at the . Gover nor's Mansion this morning at t jb'clock and a luncheon at the Yarborourh Hotel given by Mrs. fieorge W. Vanderbilt this after lioon. . 1 The only mishap of the day, in iplte of the thousands that pack fed the capital of North Carolina In a way that it has never been packed before on the opening day Of the State Fair, occurred at the fair grounds Just before General Pershing spoke and after three founds of the General's Salute had been fired by Fort Bragg artillery. A team of horses driven by a ne fro, frightened by the shots, dashed straight at the artillery outfit. r.h .drlawr- abandoned his team w I whan the runaways struck ft 11 artillery horse fclf&hed to ammunition wagon,""thy broke ' '"to a mad race. Th crowd acat- pell meli b the, artillerymen f .X5Jf tw tne"" mounts until horses, -men ana equipment were piled to lether t the foot of a, tree a bun. frea yard from their starting siace. privates ouen and Mitchell, vf Battery B. Sec-tin l FleM irtn. fc-ry. were injured, the first with a roken-jaw and the second with "a fpr&lned ankle. One horsed, leg f aa broken and the animal was rnerea snot, i "The character of a people 'has "n saia Dy one great philosO' pher to be measured hv th ph... icter of the men- whom the people rown;" Governor Morrison aald Ifter he had been presented to the in-r irouna mronga. "North Caro pna in one period of its history xiupcri a, ijee and Stone- all Jackson. Later and in a Inrger struggle. It crowned Wood tow Wilson and John J. Pershing. V present to you a man num a xnow is a servan FRANCO-BRITISH TERMS ON EAST WILL BE FRAMED Preliminary Meeting Will Draw up Financial ' and Economic Clauses. THURSDAY DECIDES n PREMIER'S FATE Trend Seems Toward Be lief Conservatives May ' ' Avoid Breach. PARIS. Oct 1.1. (By The As sociated Press.) The French gov ernment l.as accepted the proposal of the British government - lor s preliminary Near Eaatern peace conference to draw up economic and financial clauses of a new treaty wi'h Turkey. The accep tance is expected to be forwarded to London tonight. . Objection will be made by Pre mier Pointers, however,, to hold ing the- conference in London an the British Invitation bugeeed The French-premier thinks that Paris would be more suitable. He agrees with the British that tho preliminary conference should be held October 20 or as soon after ward as possible. THURSDAY'S GATHERING IS EVENTFUL 1UH BRITAIN errant nf hf .unu-jr ana numantty second to odrow Wilson in. the gratl de of the people, of North Caro lina." . . . LPl.""-"1' Prhlnr"' wa greeted with a roar of applause from the thousands packed in .front of him. I beginning with a few pleasantries, ie congratulated North Carolina n the natural industry of the 'eople and continued: , i !hat OTO"nt Is ; short Ighted that falls to read the les ons of history and to make some ort of preparation for war. We lay now on the statue books a unitary tmllev which if -.--i j f,. M. "aeonaoie. prepared- Jess and I knew it will have the wSrwwS:. , vetenm' , of, the J "I see before me many men who tihep, thar the records of the,61- 4. ortn crona are not y Sta'a. f the tr,oop of . kH,wa'ter whn hear people tallk about Americanism I am go- .u !?U t,hem t0 com "own to orth Carolina and see.it lived. ?Tour heritage Imposes an oblln- this? Tou knbw it better ,. t d,-, But, Ido want to tell you that North Carolina leads thi tt-i. ted States in producing real Amer icans and hereafter ail that I want to brlnr me to thla State Is an invitation and a date that I can take away from the work that Js mine." .. . . LONDON, Oct. It. (By The As sociated Press. ) Whether Pre mler Llojd George, whose admin istration has long outlasted the ad ministration of all the great states men concerned in "the Versailles treaty and the making ' of peace, will fall v ; a secondary effect of Mustapha Kernel's victory in Ana tolia still hangs on the results of Thursday's meeting ,of the Union ist memters of the Commons. Ii all poiitica; quarters in Londoa to day. there was a state of feverish activity, meetings and , consulta tions occupying the entire day. Tho prime minister himself returned to town and besides consulting wltn me members !of his cabinet pre sided this ; evening ; over a largd nieeiing'or liberal ministers, . un djer-secriarUur and party v whips, and others.;.: : 4i,.- . No report of the proeeedlnga has iron lasnoa, put It is supposed that Mr. Lloyd George desired to ascer tain bow far he could still de. Vend upon support from ths JJb tral wins of the coalition. - '-Opinion tonight seems ' to, bs veering toward the belief that the ttbelllous conservatives will at the last moment recoil before the pros pect of breaking with Mr. Lloyd Cborga who clearlv still retains th support of Mr. Chamberlain, and mat me latter may secure .a ma jority at 'i hursday meeting.- ' It is understood- that should tha Carlton gathering vote against Mt, Chamber In, neither the Earl of Balfour not Mr. Bonar Law would undertake to form a conservative ministry should Mr. Lloyd Genrare resign, .i .-; :-.. Mr, Bonar Law's health Is re- stored thi-oueh his nrolons-ed h. ntf-ntlon from politics, but it is said ne lacas tne pnysical enduranc wnicn would Justify him under taking the responsibilities of rov ernment. The Earl of Balfour has Deen so closely associated with Mr, Lloyd George that he - would orol. My not be Inclined to take charge of a new admlnstraton almost, cer tain to be short lived. ' No dissolution of the council has yet been Arranged -nor any for mantles even tentatively lookinir to- aissoiuuon.'j , The oremler's speech next Saturday will be de livered at Leeds Instead of New Castle as first proposed. If- the Carlton meetlnar res-inter a vote of confidence In Mr. Cham certain it la reDorted that iw r. Lloyd George will insist unnn. Im posing his own strict terms as a candidate of continuing to lead the SAX NTONIO. Texas. Oct. 17. The giant dirigible C-2, the United States Army's biggest and best "blimp" was totally destroyed by fire aa it waa being taken from the hangar 'at Brooks Field here this morning, Injuring seven ot the eight man aboard. The C-3 was partly clear of the hangar when a puff of wind drag ged the huge bag along the ground, followed by two other gusta of wind, causing three handling guys to pull loose, permitting the bag to swing free against Jhe doors ot the hangar. The bag waa torn and the Inrush of air ignited the dirigible. An explosion followed and almost immediately the C-2 B00ZE0N- DEGIS UP BY JUDGE RAND ! . ! - Lawyers Reprimanded for Assuming Nature of the Court's Action. extension holds . FOR ALL STEAMERS Says Country Has Gone to Great Lengths to Avoid Embarrassment. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Federal Judge Leartitil Hand today reserv ed decision on applications - by the American and foreign-owned steamship lines to make permanent the stay restraining Government officials from putting into effect the Daagherty ruling that vessels must not 'carry liquor inside tne three-mile line, even .under seal. when touching America ports. Meanwhile Judge Hand extend ed the stay he had granted last week until he should reach decis ion. , The decision, he Indicated, would be rendered before October 21, the latat date on which the Daughsrty luling has been ordered into effect. . - Extension of the stay affects both American and foreign liners. The former lines affected- by the extension of the temporary stay Cunard, Anchor, White Star. Inter national Navigation, French, Hol land - American, Scandinavian -American, and Royal Mall Steam Packet. The American lines were the American Line of the Inter national Mercantile Marine Com any anoi tne unitea American ine. The stays were originally in the cases of the Holland-American, Scandinavian-American and Royal Mail lines, which, though oingrant ed the original stay, declared throuarh 1 counsel that they had cases identical with, those of the other foreign lines. , Judge Hand announced he would receive briefs and papers tomor row and that he would attempt to make a decision as soon aa possi ble, so that the ease mights quick ly be brought to the United Statea Suoreme Court. The stay,' he said, would be valid until - the entry of the order, on the' motion for judgment. United States District -Attorney William Hayward objected to a motion made by the counsel ot the foreign lines for the granting of a temporary stay to be valid until a decision by the Supreme Court. In denying the contention of his on- steamship lines would be caused JrTeSS KetUTH3 1U lieorgia Election Show lie Has Decisive Majority 99 Army's Biggest "Blimp, Giant Dirigible C-2, Is Burned; Seven Men Hurt Will Not Deter Army Going Forward With Lighter. Thau-Air Program Results in Decision to Use Helium Gas Next Time. LEGION REARS GOiERS PLEDGE TO SERVICE IN pulllrif out of the fabric of the envelope was the statement made by Major Strauss, commander of the ship, this afternoon. The statement made soon after the appointment of a board of In quiry by Major Royce, command er of Brooka Field, to investigate the accident, waa regarded by air service officers as significant In that it Inferred the construction of the fabric of the ship was not up to the standard. The aeven men who were lniur ed, 'tonight were reported -to be not seriously Injured. Four ofithem suffered broken bones In Jumping rrom the carriage of the balloon after it had struck the end of the was consumed and the aircraft wasl giant concrete hangar at Brooks left a mass ot smoking, tangled . Field which was built originally wreckage. The Injured are Major to house the Roma which fell and F. A. Strauss, commander; Ser- burned at Hampton Roada Febru geant A. D. Albrecht, engineer; , ary 21, 12J. Major jonn ucu, xnompson, eignt corps area headquarters; Captain Nelson Walker, aide to Major- General John L. Hlnes, Ben Boines, newspaper reporter, Gar cia Noranjs and Sergeant Harry Bills. Lieutenant O. A. Anderson, pilot of the ill-fated craft, escap ed uninjured. The C-2 was on a return trans continental flight from Rtus Field,' nally contemplated DENBY OPPOSES USING MORE INFLAMMABLE GAS WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. (By The . Associated Press.) Despite the loss hv Are at San Antonio of the ssml'dlrlglble C-2, Army air service officials announced tonight that Ithe program - for lighter than Air will ro forward as origl- ,llu.'..Mtin,nlnl.i1 " Tn tha t h ran alif., to Langley . Field, Va., j other ships of the same type being nat a crosa wind waa not respon- i constructed for the service by an slble for the destruction -by fire I Akron. Ohio, plant. It was said, of the dirigible C-2 but that the however, that- helium ras would accident was due primarily to the ' ' ICtaiimut nit rl Intensive Service, And Not Time, The Measure of. Life Kiwanian Tells Convention JUDGE GEORGE IS ASSURED OF SEAT NU.S.SENATE bs tha- enforcement of the Daugh erty rul'.ng before a final Supreme Csiirt decision, he said' the Gov ernment Jhad' beenVry courteous Jn the matter and had gone -to great Jengths to avoid embarrass ment to the ship owners.: -. . He also declared . dJ not ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. ' IS (By The Associated Press.) Walter i torge, of Vienna, Ga., received 212 county unit votes out of know the intentions ot tne treae- Georgia s total of 400 in yester- ury department, , -which he reprc-f day's special senatorial primary sented. and. of the Government and held to nominate a successor to accordingly' could not but object the late1 United States Benato to the motion for an indefinite I Thomas F. Watson, according to stay. . Icomplpe'e unofficial returns com- ty n.,..,4 nin..j th. f-1 Piled this morning by The Atlanta the Government by arguing that! Constitution.- : - - ships constituted "territory of the Governor Thomas W, Hardwick, iTnif.A aff." ir. h. muntn. I Mr. Gsorj-.-'o neareat opponent, ro- the Federal prohibition act. He S?'Yed. unLtvolel am? ?'" quoted British legal opinion to I S ifii! V-Ti-Ji ".J f " - CooD"r' support his contention. The case for the American lines was closed by Cletus Keating and Reld L. Cany, who declared that a decision unfavorable to' them would mean irreparable damage to tne lines and to American shipping. ''If the- contention of the Ameri can companies In not upheld," said Mr. Keating, "the 24,000,000 spent on tne American fleet might Just as well be thrown -m the gutter." Before the termination of the of Macon, failed to carry a county ATLANTA, Oct. 17. (Bv The Associated Press.) With 28 coun ties yet to be heard from In to day's special Senatorial primary, the nomination of Judge Walter F. George, of Vienna, to succeed the late United States: Senator Thomas E- Watson . was virtually assured, according to incomplete unofficial returns compiled tonight by the Atlanta Constitution Labor Will Always Stand oy government and Men Who Fought. "FIREWORKS' DUE TO BEGIN TODAY Will Stage' Annual Pa rade Women's Meeting Will Be Convened. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17. (By jiib nmuciaiea i-ress. ) The American Legion, in annual con vention hare today heard Samuel Gomperi. president of ths Ameri can Federation of Labor, pledge anew the faith of union labor that Its support wss always behind the government snd upholding the hands of those who fought for the maintenance of American principles. It received the felicitations of wounded veterans of European Nations who came here last week to attend the convention of the Inter-Allied Veterans Federation. upon the work It was doing In be half of wounded men and disabled veterans. Corporation Body Is Affiliated With Big Interests, Is Charge EWEWS R BIG RAT GAR ELLS OF ADVANCE IE RS PLAN pleadings. Judge Hand renroved . ".. "."." ". "T. 1 .uiihkii ""W 11 mnra than- tha 9AO nMMaan "assuming' that my -decision wlllfn. miti ,h. r-nr,tin,fir.r,'. !.T, w? . J"?-"""Ir I return showed that of the 12 for both sides present their argu ment as to what action he should take pending the publication of his decision., When this request was taken as an Indication of defeat by foreign lines' counsel, tha judge remarked that he would make. his decision more on the papers submitted to mm tomorrow, than on the argu ments heard in court today. Reveal Excerpts: Of Purported Love Letters In Dual Murder GENERAL PERKHT.VG i ;.f In humorous rm crrnss .sawa inaia 3t TAaaoaoraa sorac, il (Bm aunt um.ni . RALEIGIL Oct. 1T. Dellv.rlnir I in aaarees ot the Sixty-first State Fair's formal opening at noon today. General John . J. . Pershing threw off the mantis of military dignity, bnpke from the f "rmallty that customarily binds high officials of government and gave S,600 a speech thst would jompare with one of Irwin' 8. ; Cobb's lectures or the late Mark "VT.ln' after dinner explosions, fhe crowd thst plowed through 1dy fields to, surround the 'ndstand and receive the , Is futes' deliverance of - humof 1. simple common sense was the test on record for a fair open General Pershing mad the T speech. Mrs. Edith Vander , presented. Governor Morrison, o . declared7 h fair formally ned and introduced the Oen 1 aa the man "first, or second Woodrow Wilson, in the grati 1e of North Carolinians." An ilroly anexpeced nart of the CMint m Na fJ - NEW- BRUNSWICK, Oct. IT. Prosecutor seeking to pierce the -barriers or uncertainty about the murder of . the. Rev. : Edward Wheeler. Hall asd Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, the wtfe of the sexton, more than a month ago, today turned from a search of theoretical by-paths and-massed an attack against the center of the drama the families of the dead man and woman. The Hall family trio, Ujrs. Hall and her brothers, Henry and Wil liam Stevens, were examined one by one in the court -house. Only omciais were present ana tne re sults were guarded. - . , But one eerie aspect of Mrs. Hall's questioning . was made known by her counsel, Thomas N. Pfeffer. Mrs. Hail was seated at the end of a long room alone. At torney Pfeffer say. She was ask ed to remove her hat and to put on the grey coat ahe says she wore when, at Z o'clock in the morning of September 15,i she went to search for her husband. She put on the coat --Then the door open ed at tha and of tha room, and a woman of foreign aspect entered and sat staring -at Mrs. Hall, her attorney says, For minute she looked at the widow of the slain rector, turning hsr head this way and that. Then without saying a word, she left the room. ' Mrs. Hall was permitted to go soon aft erwards. Whether the unknown woman. Identified Mr. Hall or not. wa not announced. The description of the silent figur tallies in many points, with that of the' peasant i woman whose horn near the old, Phillip farm, lona mortgaged, was .!d.bHat,?' by recent I equiy.ient to election, and it is counties tabulated he- had carried 104 aa compared with 24 for Gov ernor Thomas W. Hardwick who was credited with (( county unit vdtes. Seaborn Wright, of Rome, was running a poor third. , He car ried his home county of Floyd and five others which gave him a total of 20 unit votes. John -R. Cooper, of Macon, had not carried a single county, ac cording .to The Constitution's figures. - The Constitution? return in dlcate that Major C. B. McGregor, of Warrenton, had won the nomi nation over his four opponents in the race for State pension com missioner to succeed the late Judge John W. Llndsey. Nomination In a Democratic primary In Georgia Is considered entire payment. The peasant wo man was brought into the case thought certain that the nomina tions will be confirmed in the fn"."," 'Pk! ?' ,har; rea..r .l.cTioron November V: tne Judge George will succeed Mrs. u. a.u. it-- . , .i. " l w. n. rtuvn-wno was given . couple were later found. Prosecutor Beekman of Somer set County today- made public some of the letters found on the body of the Rev. Hall. They were, ne sala, in the handwriting of Mrs. Mills, although unsigned. ad Interim appointment to the United State Senate following the death recently ot Senator watson. Judge George is 44 rears old and ha long been prominent in the affairs of Georgia. In 10 he was elected solicitor- ' Jl , "V., . Iranornl of the Cordele Judicial wuo ui -wivm is a- critical wyi- r-; , , . I . ..r- logue of a book the rector is said Circuit and served six. to have given. Mrs. Mill "Ths then appointed Superior Court Mother of All Living," by Robert Ju- ot ,th e'reuit which posi- Keable, described as a love story tlon he held until January 1. of Africa, exotic In its atmosphere resigning roiiowing ei-cuon and frank in treatment. to th SUt Court of Appeals. . "Dearest," the letter says, "how . After serving 10 months on ths fasti read! I remember too, honey appeals bench. Judge 'George was mine, what a lot there js to talk appointed Judge of th Supreme about after I read this book we Court and resigned January a oi must taks it with na when we ride this year, to resume private law and-talk about it. especially the practice at hi home at Vienna. marked part this Keable cer- - tainl. knows hearts it is sweet INCRKASING PROSPERITY but nothing compared to ours I AND THRIFT ARE SHOWN don't want to , read such books . ' - , , RvMence aver agsln. WhyT Tou know. I r, - thrif They make me yearn ?or what per- f th; bHo wu snooted in the re haps I missed in this life. And to received lsst June from nation- think that new and hereafter -1 ai banks relating particularly to the shall never 'escape this longing I number of savins a accounts and av- until our soul are one at lat." I ings deposits, said a statement Isued Dearest, dearest boy of mine, today oy jonpoouea oi to J tf TXrlolV, : SSt bsnV. ranked first th. : gins, what Joy and peace U ""f1 number of depositors and the amount J today, and strength. How t-. ...oo-its with (.22 SOt and Il lM.- clous Ood is to privilege us to joe.OAO respectively. The middle wes- know this most Joyous, greatest tera atats were second with blessing I am en my knees, dart- 4i depositorsAnd 7S1,I72.000 deposits Ing, looking op- at my nobl man ar.d the southern states third with 1,- worshlpplng.. dnring. Wonder of '" depositor an fMMM.O d. International President Ross Sounds Keynote in Banquet Address. ARE SPREADING IDEAL OVER WORLD Group . Conferences and Auto Ride Among First Day's Features. "Win Js noMh. pleasure ef. llfeS;' Injenve aervlcels the njr u4 declured George- H. Ross: Interna tional President of Kiwsnla. til ad-4 dressing several hundred members from all parts of the Carolina at the banquet of the District Con vention, last night at the Battery Park Hotel. : - - -k - The address of th International President was the keynote of the Carolina convention and the con vention will end today with busi ness sessions, luncheon and dance. Election of a District Governor to succeed W. B. , Merrimon, of Greensboro; decision a to whether semi-annual or annual District Conventions will be held and selec tion ot the next meeting place are the main questions of business to be handled. - With several hundred Kiwanians and ladles gathered in the con ventlon hall of the Battery Park Hotel, yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, the convention was for mally called to order by President R. H. McDuffle of the Ashevlll Club. Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church offered invocation, after practical ly- the entire membership ot the Ashevllle Club had marched into th convention' hail, accompanied by Ashevllle ladle. AH Join In Singing Tim National Air. ; "America," was th opening song of the gathering, with every voice blended Into the . national air. George H. Ross, International President; Mrs. Ross; Fred C. W. Parker, International Secretary and Elwood Turner, International Trustee, were Introduced by In ternatlonal Trustee J. Thomas Ar nold, former District Governor of the Carolines. Welcome that went straight to th heart of every visiting Kiwa nian and made the Ashevllle mem bers' proud of their city and clvls bodies, were made by Mayor oai latln Roberta, on behalf of. the city; R. I R. Williams, Vice-Presi dent of the Kiwanis Club; Rev. Willi G. Clark, President of the Ashevlll Rotary Club, and George H. Wright, President of the Civi- tan Club. , - The quartette of the Ashevllle Club, composed of H. Grady Rea gan, James Hall, Egbert Burn nam and Seth Perklnson, made an ex cellent' impression and answered to several encores. , ; - District Governor W. "B. Merri mon responded to tn addresses of welcome on behalf of the Caro linaa District and In an excellent manner showed the Interest the Kiwanians-of North and Soulh Carolina have In the progress of Ashevllle . and the- Ashevllle ' Kl- wsnls Club. .,' ' Jules Braall la Bright Spot On Program. - , Jules Braxll. famous Kiwanian entertainer, and without doubt ons of th most active members in the entire . International organisation, took -part in every detail of the program during th first day of the two-day session and hardly more can be said than that ths District Convention would not be ths same without Jules Brazil, the bright pot on every program. Kiwanians and ladle gathered in th ball room of th hotel at 1 o'clock for the opening day luncn eon, which was featured by th ad dress of . Elwood Turner, Inter national Trustee, who. In a grapnie manner, dealt with the part Inter national Klwanl la alaylnr in in stilling th spirit of service through out tne nations In which there ar member. The novelty band, of th Greens boro Klwanl Club is th outstand ing feature of the convention and the must o furnished Is typical ef -4uimS m fJ i It waa nnlnte,! tn hv nr -n tstives of thr veterans of earlier wars as heir to the custodianship of the principles they fought to uphold. The heads of the Span ish War Veterans, th Grand ,Vrniy of the Republic and the United Confederal Veteran brought their greetings and od- speed to the Legion. ; , With an unexpectedness , that left many delegates to the conven tion hardly realising what had happened, the committee on time and place for 1 holding the next national sonvention brought In ita report, awarding the convention to San Francisco, and New Jersey. which had sought Hie convention for Atlantic City, led off In a movement which made ratification of the -committee's choice for th convention city unanimous. Brilliant Summer weather 'con tinued to add gayety and seat to the convention. , This afternoon the veterans and their women, folk- scattered to Various entertainments devissd for their amusement: the Legion's athletic tournament, which got under way yesterday with swim ming events as the leading fea ture, was continued today and will be a part of the program'-tor two more dsys. . " . J Annual Parade Will Be Stated Today ' Ttmorrow, , the annual ,f jparade of. the Legion will tie held. Tire women convention, thSM ... ,, of th American Legion -AuxlW ri.mritA .h. t I ary. rat under way in earnest to day after a late start and a brjet session yestsday. - A feature of tomorrow's session of the convention will be the talk of Kenesaw 'Mountain Land Is. Persons who have been follow ing the campaigns of various can didates for national . commander of th Legion closely, declared that the early selection of San Francisco as- tile convention city had proved a surprise to those who had expected to gain Pacific Coast support for the candidates In exchange for votes for San Francisco for the-convention, r Hanford - MaeJWder. national commander of the Legion cljsed today's session with the announce ment inai 'tnai is u - iwr tomorrow at I o'clock, we con vene, and then th fireworks start." . , , , Mr. MacNlder smilingly declined to amplify, his' prediction of are works," or to ay whether hs ex na-teil tha inlectlon into the de liberations at the convention of Issues which hav heretofore mad no public appearance dur ing th convention esslons. These questions are understood to Include a possible flgnt on behalf of tha resolutions calling for modi fication of th Volstead Act to per mit the tale of beer and light wines; - criticism or President Harding's veto of - adjusted compensation messure; attack on the activities of Brigadier-General C. B. Sawyer,. President Harding s physician, in -convctlor i with the MR GR HEADOFIN.CJ.U. Mrs. I. T. Sell, of Ashe viUe, Made Secretary oi Temperance Legion. iaariat etnmtmtmn TU AmlHt CMm) oorvcrR Oct. 17. -Selecting Oullford College as the place for the next annual gathering, and electing officers for the coming year, the- Women's Chrlstan Tem perance Union closed its 40th Sta.e c.annilna hare tonight with a stirring aidress by Rev. M. E. Cot ten, field secretsry of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League. Tho closing scene were among the trost interesting of ths thre dsy n.nl hare. Ksv. air. t.oiien iwt with groat force on '.The Respon ih Htv of citizensnm. ini the duty of loyalty and aervice as the central Ideas by wnicn roan should guided, he discussed many of the. present day vil fol lowing tn the wake of Intemper ance and pointed out th path; of duty for every real American Ir. suppressing all forms of vice trace able to strong drink. His address wss one -rf the big features of the entire convention. The offlcer elected for th state organization to serve for on yea sre as fol.ows: President, Mr. T. Adelaide Ooodno. of Greensboro; Vice-President. Mrs. C. C. Hlnkle. of Oreeneboro; Corresponding Sec retary. Mr Annie B. Williams, of Guilford;' Recording Secretary. Mrs. Roxie B. White, of Guilford College; Treasurer, Mrs. B. J. M. of Oreenanoro: Beeretary icm r-i S.G00DNO0F TIJSBDRD NEW Hope of Avoiding Less Than Car Load Rates Is Told at Hearing. LARGE EXHIBITS PUT INTO RECORD Expect Conclusion of Hearings Here by Lat ter Part of Week. That vast Increases In freight rates would result throughout ths South If the carrier's proposals ars adopted by the Interstate Com merce Commission, was Wi con tention ot James T. Ryan, of High Point, Secretary, of tha Southern Manufacturers' Association and President ot th Southern Traffic league, which represents largs and Important Interests through out th South, who yesterday ap peared before th commission. Mr. Ryan appeared as. witness for the League upon the question of the percentage relationship of claaa rat and th matter of th proposed cancellation of less than carload commodity rates, and clas sification exceptions. At the resumed hearing yester day before the .Commission, testi mony was heard from C E. M of ten, Manager ot th Traffic Bu reau, ' Knoxvllle, regarding rates from that city tb , points beyond Ohio River crossings, and beyond Virginia cities. Following th te-, timony of ' Mr. Ryan, J. U. Par riih, of Miami, was on the stand, seeking to obtain the same rate to Miami as proposed by the Sea board and Coast Line. Fred Pet UJohn, representaing Virginia In terests,, followed and J- L. Gra ham In turn became a witness for the R, J, -Reynolds Tobacco Com pany, opposing ths uniform mile-, age rates as proposed in the South. He was examined by Edgar Wat kins,, ot the .Southern Traffic League.- Examination of Mr, Ryan- was .HnartUd-4iyi Jorhph' C, Colquitt, pf jf asnim". 'i. i I special counsel lor' the JSoutnrriv Traffic League in Preyer. Classification Kxpert for the Inter state Commerce Commission. Prior to that time he waa connected with the Southern Classification Committee. v Hop to Avoid Less Than Car Load Kate. . The Interstate Commerce Com mission In announcing Its Invest! gallon stated that. If possible. bast should be worked out so that less than carload commodity rates and exceptions to tn classioca lions will not be necessary Southern ; territory. Mr. Ryan tsetlmony waa Intended to ahow that the relationship of classes will be so high under the carrier' plan, that the Commission would not be able to permit th cancel latlon of commodity ' rate an classification exception. He point ed out that on sixth class the ear rler ar proposing rate mad 42 per cent on first class, whereas. he proposed '40 per cent on this class. On third class the carrier' proposed 76 per cent of first class, whereas he proposed 70 per cent, in (other words, under the car riw's scale where first class rat Is 21.,, third class would bs onl formly 71 cents and alxth class, 42 cents, unaer air. Kyan s plan tn third class rate would be uniformly 70 cents, and sixth class 40 cents, where the nrst class rat Is II Numerous exhibits were submit ted together with testimony show Ing that the claaa of traffic ban died by ths Southern lines has changed rapidly in the last 10 or 12 years due to th fact that the South- is rapidly developing as an Industrial section and that condi tions compare more favorably from traffic and transportation stand point with the conditions in the great manufacturing sections ot th North, rather than with the agricultural West. Hence, he ar gues, that the relationship of classes and th freight claaslflca tlon should be made nearer to that ot the North and th Central States, than to ths States West of the Mississippi River, looking to eventual uniformity In rates and classification throughout th terri tory east of the Mississippi River. It is contended thst the carrier's plan would not bring about this result; in fact, it is claimed that the carrier's proposals would fur ther widen the differences between th North and South, instesd of bringing them closer. Say Propose Relationship Are Too High. Ths exhibit and testimony in support ot this position, are claim ed to show that the relationships proposed by Southern lines are en tlrely too- high and out of harmony with other sections of tn coun try. It is claimed that If the first class rate was fl between two points In ths North. . on the one hand, and II between two point In the South, on the other hand, the shipment In the South would pay more on a given article clas sified the earn in both aectlons, than the shipper In the North. It was pointed out thst a shipper In th "North would pay between the two points on fibre-board boxes in carloads, 22 cents per ISO pounds, whereas ths shipper In th South under th carrier's proposal would pay 12 cents. Possibly a 10 oth er such extmplse were cited. Further comparisons were made between th Nor.h and South. It waa shown that tb present nrst class rates In the North would haul a shipment approximately four times as far aa the first clsss rate propossd by th carrier for application In - the South. On sixth class It wss shown that the -M'in nJ F SQUABBLE OVER RATE JHE AR I MB Says He Speaks for Traf fic Association, Not "Shipping Interests." SAYS HIS MOTION PEEVES COMMISSION Question Asked Who Is Best Able to Decide What Shippers Need. RALEIGH, Oct. 17. j. S. Grif fin, attorney tor the North Caro lina Traffic Association, made an other conirlbubtlon to the fight of htr association and th Corpora t'on Commission ovsr th Ashe vllle rat hearing when he Issued Ing that -he commission is asso ciated with th "big shipping In terests." Declaring th commission hs tecome peeved and confused be cause he tnoved the striking from thu reeor-l of testimony, he again cites what he reports a hi reason for the motion. Upon th record In th hearing. Mr. Griffin indirect ly contcndsMhat th motion was rermenent and a proper and legal procedure, and then goes on with m ' a . iti tin. .uriura t.on Commission Ave thousand dol lur lawyer a resident of Iowa, fetchsd alt the way to North Caro lina, to spend 20 minute In th actual trial f thi case, say It was Following th ts-JnotT" k f r - win iney say mat hs Is more competent to tell the Jobbers and distributor of North Carolina what they want or what they ought o hav than ten of th leading busi ness men engaged In that Una of trader I spsak from th record In the proceeding. I speak for the North Carolina Traffic Association not the "big shipping -Interests." Air. Ryan, ureal dent of thj Southern T raffle League, having Its denomination membership In southeastern states other- than North Carolina and heaiitiusrtem t Montgomery, Ala, said In The Annev.l! fir me of October .1 I 1921H TAa big shlppW. intei ar supporting and will continue to support th Corporation Com mission' - (properly named) ad mitted. ! . i 1 - "The cry of need for a bank roll In a campalg emergency can b . heard In th distance. "In evnr freight rat fight here tofore m.d when th Corporation Commission (properly named) ha been caught In a tight place it hss sought cover In the cry that any association by a body of eltiier: i not, in Hn with It .own views was a personal attack on the members of the Corporation Commission an I a faction of tb Democratic party and called to its aid Its Interested friends in this case th big ship r'ng Interests," NEW YORK CLEARINGS IV i ' . i NEW HIGljFOB YEA II- ' NEW YORK, - Oct. IT. New York bank clearings today reach--ed the gigantic total, of 11,200, 000,000, a new high lor the year and an increase of 1436, 100,000: over the same day a year ago. This turnover Is due to heavy; governmental operations on Don-' day In the. money market. , , .- DOZEN MKN STORM RAIL SHOPS AT HICKORY HICKORY, N. C. Oct. IT. Re ports that a dosen men, believed to have been former employes of the Carolina and Northwestern Railroad, had thrown atones into - the company's shops here early to day, brought officers to the seen but no trace of th men could be found. A shopman was struck on the leg with a rock. ITS SUPPORTING 202 LIBERALS IfJ FALL ELECTIONS Behind Pou and Ward- Program for Repeal of Volstead Act. waasmaros snaA -- ; " vss aassTut.s email (MY H. . B. MYiST WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. IT. The Association Against the Pro hibition Amendment issued sn In teresting statement today. It an nounced it would support 202 "lib eral" candidates for Congress, and named those who ar to be the fortunate or unfortunate one as the case may bs. Among those listed were Repressntatlve Ed ward W. Pou and M. 8. Ward, of North Carolina. Th association declared that It would make a strong fight to se cure the election of Congressional candidates who are in favor of modifying the Volatead act so as to , permit th manufacture and sale ef win and beer. Definite plana to secure th election of these candidate hav been completed by the organisa tion, and th campaign already begun In th several Btate will be carried on without letup until lectio day In November It waa stated. G. C. Hinckley. National Secre tary of this organisation, which haa 6,eo mambera, explained today that "a an earnest ot the - effort that will be mad to secure h (lection Of Congressmen of liberal tendencies" the "partial list IQmumtl rasa faa
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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